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Old 03-03-2021, 02:50 PM   #31
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Back in the day I would have old people boasting that they had the big 6 in their HQ Holden, they claimed that was a lot of power back then I was like what ! but if you had come from a 138 grey to a red 202 well you have to think about that, remember Falcon called the big 170 in the XM-P a 170 Pursuit and the 200 a Super Pursuit up to the XR.
valiant was heaps faster than all of those.
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Old 03-03-2021, 03:37 PM   #32
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Here,s one to test your memory Mick.I had a very early Landcruiser which came with a 4 sp gearbox,but only single range transfer case.Around about 1960 the Cruisers came with a 3 sp gearbox and a dual range transfer.
My cousin still has an FJ25 with 4 speed gearbox (single range) on the farm in WA, my uncle (dec) bought it in Albany while working at the whaling station before buying the farm in Lake Grace, a bit battered but still runs ok as far as I know……

Back in the early 80's I used to help out on a farm in Kulin WA and they had/have a 1958 Austin Gipsy 4x4 soft top, it was constant 4x4 and had spine crushing rubber suspension, Austin shipped them out to Aus as a CKD pack and they were assembled locally, they bought there's through an agent in Kellerberrin and still had the wooden packing case it came in in the back of a shed the last time I was there in 85', typical old cocky not letting anything go to waste…..

I did deviate from the Landcruiser’s once though and bought a 73’ G60 Patrol, that was a handful but still fun to drive…..
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Dad had a 3 speed Cruiser. from memory it was an early 70's model..
Yeah the 4 sp came out(again) around 1974
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valiant was heaps faster than all of those.
Yes even the big 225 slant 6 but how to fit them in is the problem and a heavy engine.

The Hemi 6 are a lot longer.
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Old 04-03-2021, 09:52 AM   #35
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Here,s one to test your memory Mick.I had a very early Landcruiser which came with a 4 sp gearbox,but only single range transfer case.Around about 1960 the Cruisers came with a 3 sp gearbox and a dual range transfer.
1967 Cruiser came out I believe to 1979.

The Datsun Patrol had a 3sp box I believe but the FJ Toyota a 4sp I believe.

Maybe they both used the same box like Chev K20 4x4 and Ford F100 4x4 did.
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Old 04-03-2021, 11:56 AM   #36
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Austin Champ. My uncle got his HR Holden bogged on a muddy road, my dad got his HD Holden bogged trying to tow him out. Along came a friend of the old man with his Austin and he pulled them both out at once.
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1967 Cruiser came out I believe to 1979.

The Datsun Patrol had a 3sp box I believe but the FJ Toyota a 4sp I believe.

Maybe they both used the same box like Chev K20 4x4 and Ford F100 4x4 did.
Cruisers from 1950,s until about 1962 had 4 sp with single range TFC,then 1962 on 3 sp with dual range TFC,then 1974 till about 1988 when they got 5 sp,they were 4 sp.Patrols were 3 sp with dual range TFC until about 1980.As regards gearboxes,both Nissan and Toyota used their own.
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